Pleurisy with Effusion
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A Case of Pleurisy with Effusion
the Customs Office, came to this dispensary on the 1st November 1925, complaining of fever, cough, pain all over the body and sore throat. The symptoms appeared to be typical of influenza; he was treated for this complaint, and in a week's time appeared to have recovered. Four days later I was called in to see him in his house as he was complaining of breathlessness. On examination he appeared ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
سال: 1887
ISSN: 0096-6762,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejm188709081171004